ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Through the use of complex Laser Pulse Shaping, numerous fundamental laser induced processes may be controlled as well as studied. This work serves as
an introduction into Laser Pulse Shaping, with the ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The output power of end-pumped lasers is mainly limited by thermal effects in the bulk
crystal gain material. The thermal effects either fracture the crystal or cause degradation
in the laser beam quality ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis consists of two parts; the first part is a discussion on the detailed history of the
development of different types of modelocked lasers, especially the neodymium-doped
lasers. The second ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT:
Neutrino and antineutrino detection is a fairly new eld of experimental physics,
mostly due to the small interaction cross section of these particles. Most of
the detectors in use today are huge ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There are many applications where a Gaussian laser beam is not ideal, for
example, in areas such as medicine, data storage, science, manufacturing and so
on, and yet in the vast majority of laser systems ...

Recent weeks have seen an embarrassing display of heavy-handed National Research Foundation
(NRF) management in connection with the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) project – a new $2 billion
radio astronomy facility to be ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation reports on the impact of a set of selected nuclear fuel management
parameters on reactor operations of the PBMR core. This is achieved by performing an
assessment of the impact of ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Highly exotic nuclei can be studied in rare reactions using stable beams, with macroscopic
intensities, and thick targets. Exotic nuclei are interesting for a number of reasons e.g. for
testing nuclear ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The (p, pα) reaction on 12C was investigated experimentally using polarized incident protons
of 100 MeV. Coincident data, which were obtained at ten quasifree angle pairs for
proton angles ranging from ...